Important timeline cleanse

I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.

Have just remembered that I am signed up for an online history course this evening. Of course I have left my only headset at work, and can’t even remember if I have Zoom installed on my computer. doh!

At the weekend I deleted my account on X (Twitter) I had been deliberating about it for some time, during which time I used it less and less. Before leaving I used a tool identify Bluesky profiles of people that I was following on X, I can share details of that if anyone needs it. (1/4)

@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social I listened to the audiobook of The Good The Bad and The Fury while driving over Christmas and enjoyed it very much. The narrator’s interpretation of Ralph saying “Ralph” was better than I had imagined when I read the book. Have now started listening to EWSY.

I have just deactivated my old Twitter/X account. The right thing to do, but also sad because when back when it was good, I made many real life friends through Twitter.

They should make Jools Holland do The Hootenanny actually live. Build a studio on the roof of the Houses of Parliament. Have the studio roof open to show the fireworks.

Happy New Year Everyone!

“The Trump administration is closing NASA’s largest research library on Friday, a facility that houses tens of thousands of books, documents and journals — many of them not digitized or available anywhere else.”

It's been an exciting year in space, with new telescopes commissioned, lots of rocket launches and lunar landings, space tourism, "stranded" astronauts on both the ISS and Tiangong space stations, a potentially hazardous asteroid, and an interstellar comet! Lots more to look forward to in 2026...

This day 57 years ago. Earthrise. A remarkable view of Earth hoving into view as the Apollo 8 command module flew over the lunar surface. That's us. That's home.

If you like this level of airline history and passenger experience detail, you'll LOVE @theupfront.media, which @garius.bsky.social and I launched in May — our 7-month anniversary is this week! For more history, read his incredible story of the California Clipper: theupfront.media/the-long-way...

I missed #Caturday but this cat belongs on your timeline regardless of the day!

Emergency Otters!

Days later, and I am still humming along to this tune… bsky.app/profile/bran...

THREAD. A collection of photos I have taken of excellent cats I have met on walks. You will find the captions to the photos in the alt text.

I think this advert is great. I realise that some of you won’t like an advert from a big tech company But Puppets! youtu.be/-avONMmQtlI?...

I think this advert is great. I realise that some of you won’t like an advert from a big tech company But Puppets! youtu.be/-avONMmQtlI?...

🌲 THE BIG CHRISTMAS GIFT THREAD! 🌲 If you are a creator or small shop/business, reply to this post with: - pics and a brief description of what you do (don't forget the alt text!) - a link or details on how people can buy I will boost you! Everyone else: buy the cool things! Repost this post! ⛄

I make small, unique & affordable New Zealand art. felt.co.nz/shop/cathshe...

Just in case there are some corners of Blue Sky that do not know about Smol Paul, or @hollyqueenofspayeds.com rescue home for cats, I unashamedly repost this!

Earlier this week I shared a picture of Preston Bus Station by @eurostarjustin.bsky.social so it is only right that I mention that @gailmyerscough.co.uk has made some great artwork of Preston Bus Station.

It's been a bit quiet lately when it should be picking up for Christmas. If you're shopping for gifts, have a look at what I do. Everything I make is designed here in Manchester and manufactured in the UK. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk

Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…

Word of the Day is ‘snerdle’ (19th century): to stay warm and still beneath the covers for as long as humanly possible.

Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

I often grumble about Preston Bus Station. Mainly because it is in the wrong place, but also because at 6:30 AM in the morning it is colder than the North Pole. But there is a beauty to its architecture, and this photograph by @eurostarjustin.bsky.social captures it perfectly.

A series renewal for All Creatures Great and Small, promising a bonus surprise for fans. I hope it is a parallel universe storyline guest starring Peter Davison as both Tristram Farnham AND the renegade Time Lord responsible for causing the space-time rift?

Pe-post from earlier. If anyone has a copy of this album by Rowlf the Dog then please let me know. Perhaps @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social’s friend Enid could help?

So I need to track down a copy of this album: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ol'_Bro...

Excellent and courageous investigative journalism. The fact that it is (apparently) legal to do this to people is utterly disgusting.

Last few places available now!

subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz345bs

If you are interested in history then you might want to try out this online course. I have signed up. I met Alex when she did a guided tour at Portsmouth Dockyard, she really knows her stuff.

If you like a lot of cat in your calendar, then the 2026 Larry The Cat Calendar, with photos by @justin-ng.bsky.social of Downing Streets most important resident could be a good choice?

Videos seen thousands of times on Facebook claim the government is banning people from using their central heating after 9pm from 1 November. But this is completely false. There is no such policy.

The thing I like particularly about the fact that Isaac Newton invented the catflap is it gives the image of him trying to lay the foundations of classical mechanics but getting distracted by having to let a cat out then in again 40 seconds later and thinking, “Shit, I really need to sort this.”

Letting @katebevan.com know!

As November approaches, never forget that the BBC pinned a poppy on Cookie Monster. "YPRES MAKE COOKIE MONSTER SAD. NO COOKIES AT SOMME."

A timely reminder for this Halloween. Don’t be fooled by kittens pretending to be bats.

A timely reminder for this Halloween. Don’t be fooled by kittens pretending to be bats.

The new Strictly hosts should be both Brian Coxes. One gazing in awe before explaining the physics; the other barely concealing his irritation.

C'est le mauvais pantalon, Gromit! Et ils ont mal tourné !

Has anyone seen @artemisapphire.bsky.social this weekend?

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

The gorgeous big sumo lads cutting about London -touristing themselves daft- is absolutely the most wholesome thing to happen in the city since Samuel Pepys buried all his cheese in his garden to save it from the Great Fire in 1666.

Artist: Ninj https://b3ta.com/board/11422013 From the 'Ruin A Bond Poster' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/ruinabondposter/popular/ #RuinABondPoster

Gotta block ‘em all! Here’s the one-stop shopping blocklist to disappear the Trump regime accounts that swarmed Bluesky yesterday. Flush these turds HERE - bsky.app/profile/did:...

Okay. So. Amazing scenes playing out at the vets when i arrived to pick up Napoleon. Names changed/removed. But get ready for a lost kitty story with a happy ending. It starts late last year, when the elderly neighbour of a young couple went into a care home /1

Lots of anger in the media re new exhibition at Canterbury cathedral (not open yet, so rants from JD Vance and Elon Musk rather premature). There is currently just one piece of graffiti (not real graffiti, not actually painted direct on to the building, obvs!) by the entrance - thought it was superb